L. Eileen Gunning

Monday

Jul 28, 2014 at 2:03 PM

L. Eileen Gunning, 75, of Neponset, Ill., died at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, July 27, 2014, at OSF St Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. Eileen was born October 13, 1938, in rural Buda, Ill., the daughter of W. Wayne and Mary Ann (Hood) Miller. She graduated from Neponset High School in 1956.

Eileen was a 64-year member of the Neponset United Methodist Church where she served as church organist for 35 years. She was a member and Past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star.

Eileen was employed as a medical transcriptionist at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, retiring in October of 2013.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday July 30, 2014, at the First United Methodist Church in Kewanee. Pastor David Ducommon and Pastor David Berry will officiate. Burial will be in the Floral Hill Cemetery, Neponset. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, at the Schueneman-Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Neponset Floral Hill Cemetery or the charity of the donor’s choice. Private online condolences may be shared with family at www.schuenemantumblesonfuneralhome.com.